21 May, 2020

Published: 21 May 2020 11:05 BdSTUpdated: 22 May 2020 04:05 BdST

News in photos: May 21

Travellers lie on a goods-laden truck to hide from the police at a check-post set up in Dhaka’s Uttara to control the movement of people in and out of the city as part of efforts to slow the spread of coronavirus. Photo: Asif Mahmud Ove

Travellers lie on a goods-laden truck to hide from the police at a check-post set up in Dhaka’s Uttara to control the movement of people in and out of the city as part of efforts to slow the spread of coronavirus. Photo: Asif Mahmud Ove

Women and children walk on a street in Dhaka’s Uttara as they try to leave the capital ahead of Eid-ul-Fitr amid strict travel restrictions due to the coronavirus outbreak. Photo: Asif Mahmud Ove

The police have set up a check-post in Uttara to control the movement of people in and out of Dhaka as part of efforts to slow the spread of coronavirus. Photo: Asif Mahmud Ove

The police have set up a check-post in Uttara to control the movement of people in and out of Dhaka as part of efforts to slow the spread of coronavirus. Photo: Asif Mahmud Ove

Vehicles are stuck in a gridlock created due to installation of a police check-post in Dhaka’s Uttara amid coronavirus travel restrictions. Photo: Asif Mahmud Ove

Vehicles are stuck in a gridlock created due to installation of a police check-post in Dhaka’s Uttara amid coronavirus travel restrictions. Photo: Asif Mahmud Ove

A blockade by workers of a garments factory protesting over back pay in Gazipur’s Tongi created gridlock on the Dhaka-Mymensingh Highway on Thursday. Photo: Asif Mahmud Ove

A blockade by workers of a garments factory protesting over back pay in Gazipur’s Tongi created gridlock on the Dhaka-Mymensingh Highway on Thursday. Photo: Asif Mahmud Ove

Drivers cleaning their autorickshaws with stagnant water on Airport Road in Dhaka after rains triggered by Cyclone Amphan on Thursday. Photo: Asif Mahmud Ove

Drivers cleaning their autorickshaws with stagnant water on Airport Road in Dhaka after rains triggered by Cyclone Amphan on Thursday. Photo: Asif Mahmud Ove